About this world
MOA-2012-BLG-006L b is a gas giant orbiting MOA-2012-BLG-006L, a star 17.3 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.1 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 8.5 Jupiter masses.
At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.
It was discovered in 2017 by microlensing with Multiple Observatories. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.